Nikon probably has a new camera planned called the Canon Killer haha. For what it's worth, cameras at this day and age are so similar and quality is so close such as IQ between 5d m2 and D700 and 7d vs D300s... It will be interesting to see what innovations and new bells and whistles they throw in these puppies... Whether it's a revolution or evolution... I'm not getting excited until I see it in writing in form of a Press Release, however I hope it's soon... I'm not fussed too much about more MP but I want AF, IQ, and sharpness detail without having to turn sharpness up in raw or shooting modes...

While I agree with all of you who say it a 2009 tech killer, it still means it's the best beeing. Keep in mind that the D800 is only rumored as well as any canon cam comming.

Any "Entry level Full Frame" would be a great step forward - economicly (for canon) and maybe even revolutionary. Wasn't the classic 5D the first FF cam below the 1D(s)/Nikon D(X) series and revolutioned the camera lines of both companies. Producing an even cheaper camera could be the next step towards a FF for the mass camera.I'm neither looking for a new Camera at the moment nor within the next 1 or 2 years but very excited about this rumor. A cheap Full Frame cam is what I would like to upgrade to...

a camera with lower megapixels than might be expected for a new release, but with excellent dynamic range and ISO performance.

Ok, NOW you have my attention. It's about time!

This describes a camera I would buy right out of the gate.

Faster transfers from the camera, less PC storage space, faster image processing, less noise, better performance over the hours of darkness, more images on the camera's card, faster processing and potentially faster per-frame capture... and it uses my lens collection! You bet I'd buy a Canon camera like this. In a heartbeat.

yepp! @fyngyrz: plus one. we've talked about nightphotography over at dpr. and I know you'll cherish every moment to get outthere and do nightskies...so do I. hope there's more to it than a grain of salt Cheers, Pedro alias guatitamasluz

I don't know about that. It could be aimed at wedding photographers. They seem to like the D700 and 5D2. A fairly rugged small body with focusing as good as the D700, high ISO image quality as good as the D3s, 5-6FPS, 16-21MP and DR better than anything currently available might not qualify as a "Nikon killer", but it would certainly be a worthy competitor.

Don't despair, this is a CR1 rumor, and that's being generous. This is just something to get all the full-frame fantasizers excited, just like the other post on an "entry-level full frame." If a full frame camera like this were introduced, it would be delivered by Miniature Unicorns and include some free Pixie Dust.

aaronofnero

a fanciful 5dmkIII with the following: 55MP full frame image with 28 stops of dynamic range and a noiseless ISO range from 25 to 102,400. b/w noise compression kicks in at 409,600 ISO (max). indescribable AF with 90 point recognition at all offered exposure options, of equal power and effectiveness during video. 10,000,000 exposure durability on shutter with 60 - 1/32000 second timing variables. specialty flash sync at 1/2000 of a second. 24fps burst mode at RAW. manual video control over full dynamic range and iso. incremental frame rates from 1 to 240 frames a second at 18bit 4k resolution, uncompressed 4:4:4 prores codec with built in HDR mode. rolling shutter. in-camera aperture, zoom and focus control (wireless with controller). dual CF card reader/writer supporting up to two 512GB 120mb/s cards. 3G-SDI output. thunderbolt output. complete removal of aliasing and moire issues. quarter-inch input for audio, with manual audio control and phenomenal compressor/limiter/white-noise reducer options engineered by Waves.

bunch of other neat stuff.

oh, and it comes as an option with a brand new 16-135mm f/1.2 L series lens with an entirely new motion-predictive system of IS.

they have also rumored the street name for this camera to be appropriately titled "the game changer" ...Nike is also on board for co-op marketing.

a fanciful 5dmkIII with the following: 55MP full frame image with 28 stops of dynamic range and a noiseless ISO range from 25 to 102,400. b/w noise compression kicks in at 409,600 ISO (max). indescribable AF with 90 point recognition at all offered exposure options, of equal power and effectiveness during video. 10,000,000 exposure durability on shutter with 60 - 1/32000 second timing variables. specialty flash sync at 1/2000 of a second. 24fps burst mode at RAW. manual video control over full dynamic range and iso. incremental frame rates from 1 to 240 frames a second at 18bit 4k resolution, uncompressed 4:4:4 prores codec with built in HDR mode. rolling shutter. in-camera aperture, zoom and focus control (wireless with controller). dual CF card reader/writer supporting up to two 512GB 120mb/s cards. 3G-SDI output. thunderbolt output. complete removal of aliasing and moire issues. quarter-inch input for audio, with manual audio control and phenomenal compressor/limiter/white-noise reducer options engineered by Waves.

bunch of other neat stuff.

oh, and it comes as an option with a brand new 16-135mm f/1.2 L series lens with an entirely new motion-predictive system of IS.

they have also rumored the street name for this camera to be appropriately titled "the game changer" ...Nike is also on board for co-op marketing.

a fanciful 5dmkIII with the following: 55MP full frame image with 28 stops of dynamic range and a noiseless ISO range from 25 to 102,400. b/w noise compression kicks in at 409,600 ISO (max). indescribable AF with 90 point recognition at all offered exposure options, of equal power and effectiveness during video. 10,000,000 exposure durability on shutter with 60 - 1/32000 second timing variables. specialty flash sync at 1/2000 of a second. 24fps burst mode at RAW. manual video control over full dynamic range and iso. incremental frame rates from 1 to 240 frames a second at 18bit 4k resolution, uncompressed 4:4:4 prores codec with built in HDR mode. rolling shutter. in-camera aperture, zoom and focus control (wireless with controller). dual CF card reader/writer supporting up to two 512GB 120mb/s cards. 3G-SDI output. thunderbolt output. complete removal of aliasing and moire issues. quarter-inch input for audio, with manual audio control and phenomenal compressor/limiter/white-noise reducer options engineered by Waves.

bunch of other neat stuff.

oh, and it comes as an option with a brand new 16-135mm f/1.2 L series lens with an entirely new motion-predictive system of IS.

they have also rumored the street name for this camera to be appropriately titled "the game changer" ...Nike is also on board for co-op marketing.